I second tjassoc.
Kent and the guys at Pass Labs (including Nelson Pass himself) are very approachable and generous with their time. I also highly recommend Mark Sammut at Reno HiFi as a dealer with very fair pricing, generous trade-in/trade-up policies, in-home demos and all-around good guy.
I've traded up with Mark over the years and never been disappointed. He's a very straight-shooter and won't automatically try to "up-sell" you to something you might not need.
I went from X350.5 to X250.8 and consider it a significant upgrade. Likewise XP-20 to XP-30 -- maybe the biggest single step-change for the better of any component upgrade I've done in 40+ years of audio.
Steve Z
Kent and the guys at Pass Labs (including Nelson Pass himself) are very approachable and generous with their time. I also highly recommend Mark Sammut at Reno HiFi as a dealer with very fair pricing, generous trade-in/trade-up policies, in-home demos and all-around good guy.
I've traded up with Mark over the years and never been disappointed. He's a very straight-shooter and won't automatically try to "up-sell" you to something you might not need.
I went from X350.5 to X250.8 and consider it a significant upgrade. Likewise XP-20 to XP-30 -- maybe the biggest single step-change for the better of any component upgrade I've done in 40+ years of audio.
Steve Z